Dozens of Druze crowded the Israeli-controlled side of the armistice line in the occupied Golan Heights on Thursday, hoping to catch a glimpse of relatives on the Syrian-held side who might try to cross the barbed-wire frontier.

Ramzi has witnessed horrors throughout his career as a doctor during Syria’s 13-year civil war. But few compare, he said, to the scenes he witnessed this week at the main hospital in Sweida, a Druze-majority town where bloody sectarian violence raged for days.

Rafid Rashed, the owner of Taboonia, a new Druze restaurant in the Garment District that’s currently seeking kosher certification, is a survivor of the Nova Music Festival massacre.

Syria’s Druze divided as sectarian tensions linger after violence Agreements to halt fighting ease tensions, but fear and mistrust linger among Druze and other minorities in post-Assad Syria.

After entering the Golan Heights, cheered by Druze in traditional black clothes and white and red head dress, some waving the white, blue, yellow, red and green flag of the Druze, they travelled ...

A small group of armed fighters renew their allegiance to their brigade commander with a traditional Druze dance in the Syrian town of Suwayda near the border with Jordan.

Here is a quick look at the community at the centre of the attack: Who are the Druze? The Druze are an ethnoreligious minority that largely identifies as Arab and is Arabic-speaking.

Druze leader in Syria: 'We oppose agreement with al-Sharaa regime due to extremism' - report He added that his community "will move in the direction that is suitable for the sect."

The tight-knit sect, which dates to the 11th century and draws from Christian, Muslim and Jewish beliefs, is grieving 12 youngsters killed in a rocket attack over the weekend.